Description:
Summary of Position:An Independent Exploration and Production Company is multi-basin exploration and production company and is Colorado's first carbon-neutral oil and gas producer. The Company is conducting a national search for an experienced, motivated individual with excellent academic and professional credentials to fill the position of Litigation Counsel.
The position will be responsible for providing comprehensive litigation-centered legal services to the Company's Rockies and Permian business units. The position will report to An Independent Exploration and Production Company's Associate General Counsel and will be based in a An Independent Exploration and Production Company office location of the candidate's choosing in Denver (CO), the Woodlands (TX), or Midland (TX).
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee and manage the Company's complex litigation, mediation, and arbitration matters.
- Facilitate effective resolutions to Company disputes.
- Summarize, report, and communicate effectively to business units other stakeholders on the status of pending litigation.
- Effectively partner with and manage outside counsel.
- Coordinate discovery, including preparing interviews, arranging depositions, assisting with interrogatories, and collecting document production.
- Refine and maintain corporate policies on document management and retention.
- Undertake and manage incident and internal investigations.
- Support the Company's business units with pre-litigation writing skills, and advise and issue-spot on litigation related business risk.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
- Demonstrated ability to analyze and evaluate complex disputes and issues.
- Ability to manage a high volume of complex and varied claims and disputes.
- Proficiency with electronic discovery.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Succeeds working in a team environment and partnering with internal clients, other in-house counsel, and outside counsel.
- Strong ethical compass and a commitment to compliance with laws and regulations.
Education & Experience:
- J.D. from an accredited law school, active bar license such to comply with applicable jurisdiction's in-house practice rules (Texas, New Mexico, and/or Colorado preferred).
- 5+ years of law practice at premier firm with substantial experience in high-stakes, complex litigation.
- Oil and Gas experience preferred.
Travel Requirements:
- Work is performed at a CIVI location Tues-Thurs with an option to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays.
- Schedule: traditional 40-hour workweek or alternative schedule of 9 hour works days M-Thurs and 4-hour workdays Friday.
- Occasional travel may be required to the An Independent Exploration and Production Company corporate offices, along with field locations and work sites.
